CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

1.Crime
against women has become a matter of growing concern.Crime Against Women, is defined as, any crime wherein only women
are victimized and include crime under the heads:-

1. Dowry Murder (498(A), 302 IPC)

2. Dowry death (304 B IPC)

3. Abetment to Suicide (498 (A), 306 IPC)

4. Harassment (498(A) IPC)

5. Murders (302 IPC)

6. Dowry Prohibition Act (3,4 and 6 DP
Act)

7. Rape (376 IPC)

8. Kidnapping (363,369 IPC)

9. Outraging of Modesty (354 IPC)

10. Bigamy(494,497
IPC)

13495
cases were registered during 2001 under Crime Against Women, showing an
increase of3.32% over previous
year.

Karimnagar
district with 998 cases ranked first in registering highest number of
cases of Crime Against Women during the year 2001 followed by Warangal
(945), Ranga Reddy (842), Guntur (783), Hyderabad City (742) and Nellore
(735).